ADBTuner: A "channel tuning" application for networked Google TV / Android TV devices

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#2743

Not a problem at all. I appreciate any suggestions I may receive. This whole streaming/CDVR setup is to hit a constantly moving target. What seemed to be the best settings at one time may evolve to something more refined as time passes. I'm still not completely committed to my current settings. I'll try switching back to CBR...

I never managed to get my ONN boxes to run DirecTV very well with ADBT. That is why I have the Roku sticks. They are working out perfectly with DTV using Roku Tuner Bridge. For me, three is the minimum tuner number for either setup. It allows at least two simultaneous recordings and channel changes with pre/post recording buffer overlap. That's how I ended up with two setups, three tuners each.

#2745

@turtletank nice touch with the new dark screen

#2747

Yeah...sometimes a clean slate solves everything.

#2749

I pushed an update this morning (Beta: 2.0-Beta-20251114-1, Development: 20251114-1) with some proxy optimizations that might help eliminate occasional stutters during playback on some devices.

@anon38303228 this might have had something to do with what you were seeing. Please update when you can and let me know if you run into this again. Thanks!

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#2751

Thank you for your help. Much appreciated!

I pushed a new build (Beta: 2.0-Beta-20251114-2, Development: 20251114-2) with a few additional tweaks. If you could test the newer one over the weekend that would be great.

#2754

You can use SLM or Olivetin to look that stuff up. As for a JSON for Philo, I think someone already post one above

EDIT: Found it

Its a lil old but theres only about 3 more channels missing you can easily manually add

#2756

I think somebody is already 10 steps ahead of you on that front but it's nice to have another method for windows :smiley:

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#2758

Anyone else have their local channel deep link stop working for Paramount+, or is it just me? It now takes me to their 24/7 news feed instead. Showtime channels are still working, at least for now. Hoping this is a temporary issue in their software updates and not a new “feature”, now that they are under new ownership.

#2759

Also, finding the grace note ids from the grace note website still works. Used to found by the defunct zap2it website, but still can be found here:

https://tvlistings.gracenote.com/grid-affiliates.html?aid=orbebb

Right click the image of the channel you are interested in, and open it in a new tab. Gracenote ID can be found in the web address that was opened in between the two slashes after now showing.

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#2760

@nateg My Paramount+ channels not working either. It says an app update is needed. I'll give that a try in a bit.

#2761

@nateg I did the app update for Paramount+ and all my channels are now working. Thanks for posting since I got the update in before I had anything recording on Paramount+

#2762

YTTV and Disney settled and all the channels are back in service.

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#2764

May I ask which device you saw this on? I tried an app reinstall before posting and still no bueno. Hopefully I see whatever app update you saw soon. I’m on all Google TV Streamers these days.

#2766

I updated on my ONN 4K Pro's which are used in ADBTuner.

Edit; they are all running android 14

Edit2; Before I updated I opened the app and it put up a message that the app needed to be updated. There was a download button I selected and did the update. All worked again after the update.

#2767

Got it. I too am on 14. Mine still not working, hopefully I see the update you saw soon. Thanks for letting me know of its existence. Not the first time Paramount broke things with software updates.

#2771

I have multiple encoders -- two URayCoders and two LinkPis. In my case, with one of my URayCoders, I needed to reduce the load on a AppleTV 4K (1st Gen), when using the new Multiview feature. Reducing the URayCoder's GOP to 5 did the trick. It sounds like your issues are different.

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#2773

The very first encoder I ever bought was the non-4K version from URayCoder. I have to say, I never liked that unit, and had numerous issues with it (including audio sync problems). I got the latest firmware for it from URayCoder, and that fixed a few things -- but not everything. The 4K URayCoders, and especially the LinkPi have been much better for me.

#2775

This one will give one port standard, and a second port when an HDMI capture card is attached to one of the USB ports:

https://www.amazon.com/WayPonDEV-ENC1-V3-NDI-HDMI-Encoder/dp/B0CDLHX36Z

This one will give you five ports standard, and a sixth port with a capture card like above:

https://www.amazon.com/WayPonDEV-ENC5-V2-NDI-HDMI-Encoder/dp/B0CGM1Y56H

Capture card:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2MDTY8P

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#2777

Out of curiosity, what are you using to playback the video over the Tailscale VPN? The Channels app? When running over Tailscale, does Channels work as it would on a local network? I don’t know how Channels handles this, but I’d be concerned that you were trying to use a transport stream over the Internet.

#2779

Ok. Just something that should be considered. I wouldn’t want you to get hung up on optimizing encoder settings if you might have something more significant going on.

Have you tried streaming directly from your encoder to your Nvidia Shield? You can use VLC for this. And if that is ok, do the same thing, but stream directly from ADBTuner using VLC?